The Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, or Royal Road of the Interior, a historic trade route connecting the United States and Mexico, has played a role in immigration, trade and commerce, settlement patterns, war, and transmission of cultures.
The “Royal Road to the Interior Lands” introduced Europeans, their institutions, and their goods to long-established indigenous Pueblo communities as well as their nomadic neighbors. Today, the cultural corridor created along the Camino Real reflects the diverse heritages and riches of Native America, the Old World, and the modern societies of the United States and Mexico. The Bureau of Land Management jointly administers the trail with the National Park Service.
Designated in October 2000, El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail traces the primary route between the colonial Spanish capital of Mexico City and Spanish provincial capitals elsewhere in Mexico and what is now the United States between the 16th and 19th centuries.
Helpful links:
EL CAMINO REAL DE TIERRA ADENTRO TRAIL ASSOCIATION
El Camino Real International Heritage Center
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail